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A Study in Scarlet is a detective mystery novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, which was first published in 1887. It is the first story to feature the character of Sherlock Holmes, who would later become one of the most famous and iconic literary detective characters, with long-lasting interest and appeal. The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes to his companion Doctor Watson on the nature of his work, in which he describes the story's murder investigation as his "study in scarlet": "There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it."

Aboutthe BookSherlockHolmes Classics SherlockHolmes is a fictional detective created by author and physician SirArthur Conan Doyle. Holmes, who first appeared in publication in1887, was featured in four novels and 56 short stories.

Doylesaid that the character of Sherlock Holmes was inspired by Dr. JosephBell, for whom Doyle had worked as a clerk at the Royal Infirmary ofEdinburgh. Like Holmes, Bell was noted for drawing large conclusionsfrom the smallest observations. However, some years later Bell wrotein a letter to Conan Doyle: "you are yourself Sherlock Holmesand well you know it." Thisbook contains complete collection of Arthur Conan Doyle

Since his first appearance in Beeton’s Christmas Annual in 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes has been one of the most beloved fictional characters ever created. Now, in one eBook, Bantam Classics presents all fifty-six short stories and four novels featuring Conan Doyle’s classic hero—a truly complete collection of Sherlock Holmes’s adventures in crime!

Volume I includes the early novel A Study in Scarlet, which introduced the eccentric genius of Sherlock Holmes to the world. This baffling murder mystery, with the cryptic word Rache written in blood, first brought Holmes together with Dr. John Watson. Next, The Sign of Four presents Holmes’s famous “seven percent solution” and the strange puzzle of Mary Morstan in the quintessential locked-room mystery. Also included are Holmes’s feats of extraordinary deception in such famous cases as the chilling “The Adventure of the Speckled Band,” the baffling riddle of “The Musgrave Ritual,” and the ingeniously plotted “The Five Orange Pips.”

Volume II begins with The Hound of Baskervilles, a haunting novel of murder on eerie Grimpen Moor, which has rightly earned its reputation as the finest murder mystery ever written. The Valley of Fear matches Holmes against his archenemy, the master of imaginative crime, Professor Moriarty. In addition, the loyal Dr. Watson has faithfully recorded Holmes’s feats of extraordinary detection in such famous cases as the thrilling “The Adventure of the Red Circle,” Holmes’s tragic and fortunately premature farewell in “The Final Problem,” and the twelve baffling adventures from The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes.

Conan Doyle’s incomparable tales bring to life a Victorian England of horse-drawn cabs, fogs, and the famous lodgings at 221 B Baker Street, where for more than forty years Sherlock Holmes earned his undisputed reputation as the greatest fictional detective of all time.

The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Illustrated) from Top Five Classics is the only fully illustrated, single-volume edition of the entire Sherlock Holmes Canon available, featuring:

• All 4 novels and 56 short stories, including the final 1927 collection, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes• More than 480 captioned illustrations, including all 357 Holmes illustrations by Sidney Paget• Alphabetical index of titles & timeline of cases• A helpful introduction, author bio, and bibliography

Presenting all of the stories in the order they were first published with the illustrations that accompanied the original Strand Magazine monthly editions, The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Illustrated) brings the Sherlock Holmes adventures to you the way they were meant to be read.

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.

'Sherlock Holmes was transformed when he was hot upon such a scent as this. Men who had only known the quiet thinker and logician of Baker Street would have failed to recognize him. His face flushed and darkened. His brows were drawn into two hard black lines, while his eyes shone out from beneath them with a steely glitter.'

Set against the foggy, mysterious backdrops of London and the English countryside, these are the first twelve stories ever published to feature the infamous Detective Sherlock Holmes and his side kick Doctor Watson. They first appeared as stories in the Strand Magazine and feature some of his most famous and enjoyable cases, including 'A Scandal in Bohemia', 'The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle' and 'The Red-headed League'.

The theme of this Megapack is classic mystery and crime fiction from the Victorian era. We have taken the liberty of extending the qualifying publication dates to the end of World War I, since that event marked more of a turning point in world literature than the advent of the Edwardian Age. Certainly the spirit of Victorian crime fiction continued beyond Queen Victoria. This volume contains 25 stories and 2 bonus novels, offering hours of reading pleasure.

THE LENTON CROFT ROBBERIES, by Arthur MorrisonTHE HOUSE OF CLOCKS, by Anna Katharine GreenMISSING: PAGE THIRTEEN, by Anna Katharine GreenA JURY OF HER PEERS, by Susan GlaspellTHE DONNINGTON AFFAIR, by G.K. Chesterton and Max PembertonINTRODUCING MR. RAFFLES HOLMES, by John Kendrick BangsTHE ADVENTURE OF THE HERALD PERSONAL, by John Kendrick BangsTHE BIG BOW MYSTERY, By Israel ZangwillTHE BURGLAR’S STORY, by W.S. GilbertCHEATING THE GALLOWS, by Israel ZangwillTHE RETURN OF IMRAY, by Rudyard KiplingTHE GREAT RUBY ROBBERY, by Grant AllenPROBLEM OF THE STOLEN RUBENS, by Jacques FutrelleMURDER BY PROXY, by M. McDonnell BodkinTHE BLACK BAG LEFT ON A DOOR-STEP, by Catherine Louisa PirkisTHE MYSTERY OF THE FIVE HUNDRED DIAMONDS, by Robert BarrTHE GREAT PEGRAM MYSTERY, by Robert BarrTHE CASE OF ROGER CARBOYNE, by H. Greenhough SmithTHE LAWYER’S STORY OF A STOLEN LETTER, by Wilkie CollinsTHE PURLOINED LETTER, by Edgar Allan PoeTHE LEOPART MAN’S STORY, by Jack LondonTHREE 'DETECTIVE' ANECDOTES, by Charles DickensTHE CROOKED TELLER, by J.P. BuschlenTHE PROBLEM OF DEAD WOOD HALL, by Dick DonovanTHE BISHOP’S CRIME, by R.C. LehmannTHE MOONSTONE, by Wilkie CollinsTHE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, by Arthur Conan Doyle

And don't forget to search this ebook store for "Megapack" to see other volumes in the series, from science fiction to ghost stories to mysteries...and many more!

Compiled in one book, the essential collection of books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington PlansThe Adventure of the Cardboard BoxThe Adventure of the Devil's FootThe Adventure of the Dying DetectiveThe Adventure of the Red CircleThe Adventure of Wisteria LodgeThe Adventures of GerardThe Adventures of Sherlock HolmesBeyond the CityThe Cabman's StoryThe Captain of the Pole-Star and Other TalesDanger! and Other StoriesA Desert DramaThe Doings Of Raffles HawA DuetThe Exploits Of Brigadier GerardThe Firm of GirdlestoneThe Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic TalesHis Last BowThe Hound of the BaskervillesThe Last GalleyThe Last of the LegionsThe Lost WorldMemoirs of Sherlock HolmesMy Friend The MurdererThe Mystery of CloomberThe New RevelationThe ParasiteThe Poison BeltThe RefugeesThe Return of Sherlock HolmesRodney StoneRound the Red LampThe Sign of the FourSir NigelSongs of ActionThe Stark Munro LettersA Study In ScarletTales of Terror and MysteryThrough the Magic DoorThe Tragedy of The KoroskoUncle BernacThe Valley of FearThe Vital MessageThe White Company

The hit BBC series Sherlock offers a fresh, contemporary take on the original Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stories, and has helped introduce a whole new generation of fans to the legendary detective.

In this TV tie-in edition of the classic novel, first published in The Strand in 1901, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are called to the haunting and beautiful moors of Dartmoor and the home of the Baskerville family, who seem to have fallen victim to a family curse. A terrifying spectre in the shape of a great hound was once said to have hunted an ancestor across the moors and the recent, mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville suggests that the hound has returned. But is this really a supernatural curse or is a much more dastardly and earthly plot a foot? Sherlock and Dr Watson must solve the riddle of the hound before another murder is committed.

Hours of great reading await, with tales from some of the 19th and 20th century's most renowned horror and dark fantasy authors! Explore the uncanny world of mummies, ancient egypt, and dark sorcery, with these 20 stories:

SYMPATHY FOR MUMMIES, by John Gregory Betancourt SOME WORDS WITH A MUMMY, by Edgar Allan Poe THE POWER OF WAKING, by Nina Kiriki Hoffman THE MUMMY’S FOOT, by Jessie Adelaide Middleton LOST IN A PYRAMID, OR THE MUMMY’S CURSE, by Louisa May Alcott THE RING OF THOTH, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle THE ROMANCE OF A MUMMY, by Théophile Gautier THE GREEN GOD, by William Call Spencer THE BOOK OF THOTH, by Lafcadio Hearn AN AZTEC MUMMY, by C. B. Cory LOT NO. 249, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle THE MUMMY’S FOOT, by Théophile Gautier THE STORY OF BAELBROW, by E. and H. Heron A PROFESSOR OF EGYPTOLOGY, by Guy Boothby MY NEW YEAR’S EVE AMONG THE MUMMIES, by Grant Allen WHATEVER WAS FORGOTTEN, by Nina Kiriki Hoffman THE FORSAKEN TEMPLE, by C. W. Leadbeater THE DOOM OF AL ZAMERI, by Henry Iliowizi OBSESSION, POSSESSION, by Elliott O’Donnell THE PERFUME OF EGYPT, by C. W. Leadbeater

And don't forget to check out all the other volumes in the "Megapack" series! Search on "Megapack" in the ebook store to see the complete list...covering adventure stories, military, fantasy, ghost stories, and more!

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LibraryThing Review This is the first novel featuring Sherlock Holmes. As an introduction, it's perfect. Almost. The book comes in two parts. The first part is Holmes meeting Watson and working their first case together

wethewatched

LibraryThing Review The first adventure of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson is a page turner. The investigation is interesting from start to finish, though the flashback in the middle comes on a bit too suddenly. I thought

Spyderman58

LibraryThing Review My first Sherlock Holmes book was without disappointment. A very nice read and would be recommended to anyone asking for something to read.

LaPhenix

LibraryThing Review I really liked this book up to the point where we zoomed out on the world, and back in on the other side of the ocean. Once I figured out it was the background of the criminal, and not entirely a new

CatQuilt

LibraryThing Review Amazing book! Most (all?) of the other Sherlock Holmes books take place totally in Great Britain. This one makes a *very* interesting side trip to the United States.

LibraryThing Review This is the first novel featuring Sherlock Holmes. As an introduction, it's perfect. Almost. The book comes in two parts. The first part is Holmes meeting Watson and working their first case together

LibraryThing Review The first adventure of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson is a page turner. The investigation is interesting from start to finish, though the flashback in the middle comes on a bit too suddenly. I thought

LibraryThing Review I really liked this book up to the point where we zoomed out on the world, and back in on the other side of the ocean. Once I figured out it was the background of the criminal, and not entirely a new

LibraryThing Review This was my first Holmes book and yes, I am hooked. For me this was a great introduction to how Watson and Holmes met and the backgrounds that created these fascinating men. I really like both. Watson

LibraryThing Review This is a mystery to me. No, really. We have this galloping plot and characters (once Holmes and Watson get introduced properly) and then at the very end, just when all is about to be revealed, Conan

LibraryThing Review _A Study in Scarlet_ is an interesting book for several reasons. Here we have the first written adventure of Sherlock Holmes and get both the first introduction to the famous sleuth and his comrade Dr

LibraryThing Review Since I was young I can always remember Sherlock Holmes portrayed as a portly older man, smoking on his pipe solving mysteries. Then I saw the 2010 Sherlock Holmes movie with Robert Downy, Jr

LibraryThing Review I honestly cannot recommend the Sherlock Holmes novels enough! I thought I would be bored by Arthur Conan Doyle's writing style, because I have a bad history with reading 'classics' but this was amazing!

LibraryThing Review I've never read any Sherlock Holmes before, so I thought I ought to start at the beginning. Most of the story is told by Watson, recording events after the fact in the form of a rather formal diary. A

LibraryThing Review This, the very first Sherlock Holmes story, is a re-read, I have read the whole canon several times before. It is particularly striking as being a story of two halves. After the initial meeting

LibraryThing Review Well, I knew from Tatiana's review that it was an awkwardly constructed story. Even so, I kept wondering if their was something wrong with the edition I'd downloaded, because that shift from London

LibraryThing Review I think this is the first time I've read a Sherlock Holmes story. They're so familiar from film and TV adaptations that it's good to get back to the original. I was startled by the change of pace in

LibraryThing Review The first book I read in 2012 was The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. I remarked back then that I was a bit disappointed in my first-ever reading of a story featuring the detective we all know so well. I

LibraryThing Review This was okay? I enjoyed it, but it didn't get me really excited about Sherlock Holmes or make me see what all the fuss is about or anything. I will definitely be reading other Holmes books, though.

LibraryThing Review I'd heard great things about this book, and had high expectations after so enjoying the BBC Sherlock take - I wasn't disappointed. It's easy to appreciate why Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson are such iconic, well-loved characters.

LibraryThing Review Brilliant from beginning to end, even the notorious extended flashback to the adventure story set in the American West. The first Sherlock Holmes book introduces Watson, depicts his first meeting with Holmes, and sets them off on a classic puzzle mystery.

LibraryThing Review First Sherlock Holmes novel. OK, but kind of hard to see in retrospect what the big deal was about. Holmes is just so unlikable. Gives history of how he and Watson got together though. Interesting but more in an historical sense than how it may stand on its own.

LibraryThing Review I finished this book in pretty much one sitting, both to try to take advantage of my spring break to catch up on the 50 book challenge and to finish reading one of the many books lent to me by my

LibraryThing Review 3.5 stars This is the first Sherlock Holmes novel when Dr. Watson first meets Holmes. They become roommates and soon after, there is a murder. The mystery is actually solved in part one of the story

LibraryThing Review This is the work which introduced the reading public to the phenomenon that is Sherlock Holmes and his trusty sidekick Dr Watson, who narrates the story as he describes his first encounter with the

LibraryThing Review Brilliant from beginning to end, even the notorious extended flashback to the adventure story set in the American West. The first Sherlock Holmes book introduces Watson, depicts his first meeting with Holmes, and sets them off on a classic puzzle mystery.

LibraryThing Review Published in 1887, A Study in Scarlet is the first Sherlock Holmes novel, introducing the famous detective and his sidekick Dr. Watson. The novel derives its name from a statement by Holmes who calls

LibraryThing Review READ IN ENGLISH I'm a fan of the BBC-series called 'Sherlock' and that made me want to read the original books. I really loved to see that the series were based so much on the book. It became a search

LibraryThing Review This is the first Sherlock Holmes adventure chronologically. It was worth the price - free on my kindle. :) It was good enough (and since it came as part of a collection) I will go ahead and read the

LibraryThing Review This is the first thing I've read "cover to cover" on a Kindle. Interesting juxtaposition- 19th century London with a Kindle. Also- if you've watched the recent BBC Sherlock Holmes series, you'll find

LibraryThing Review This one was really good! I read it right after I was through watching the two season of Sherlock that were released to that date and then I didn't know what else to do with my time afterwards so I

LibraryThing Review I read this for the first time 26 years ago. Funny how much and little I remembered. Very interesting how animated and emotive this - original - Holmes is, especially compared to later fan writers

LibraryThing Review I really enjoyed the beginning back story of Dr. Watson. How him and Sherlock Holmes first got together as roommates and began the fast track to friendship. I really thought the process of Holmes

LibraryThing Review It was my first time reading Doyle. The story was interesting enough, although not being familiar with his narrative style the abrupt jump midstory between present and past action along with a fairly

LibraryThing Review As the first Sherlock Holmes novel, A Study in Scarlet does a good job of introducing new readers to the characters of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. In the 21st century, it’s hard to escape some

LibraryThing Review Elementary, Dear Watson If someone could only to read one novel in their lives – this is the novel I would recommend. It introduces Sherlock Holmes (and Watson) to the world and it introduces them

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